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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Peripatetic

/pĕrˌ-əp-ət-ĕt'-ĭk/ · Per·i·pa·tet·ic · IPA /ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/
01 a. Walking about; itinerant.
  1. 1.
    Walking about; itinerant.
  2. 2.
    Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers.
02 n. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
  1. 1.
    One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
  2. 2.
    A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.